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PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1904.

R. T. CLARKE.

SUSPENDERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. so. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 20, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

RICHARD T. CLARKE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE INVISIBLE SUSPENDER COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,419, dated September 20, 1904..

Application filed November 80, 1903- Serial No.183,180. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD T. CLARKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at C0- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Suspenders, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to suspenders, and

has for its object to provide certain new and useful improvements in this class of devices whereby .the same are rendered comfortable as well as efficient, and in this connection contemplates suspending the trousers from two oppositely-disposed points only, preferably at the hips of the wearer, thereby to leave the front and back of the trousers free, and hence obviate strain upon the same and the suspenders when the wearer stoops and bends backward.

Another object is to prevent the tendency of the shoulder-straps from unduly spreading and slipping off the shoulders.

With these and other objects in View the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a pair of suspenders embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the connection between the lower ends of corresponding shoulder and brace straps.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each and every figure of the drawings.

As exhibited in the accompanying drawings, the present device is made up of a pair of shoulder-straps 1, which diverge from and are connected to the upper end of an upright backthe hips of the wearer.

strap 2, as indicated at 3, the connection being made in any preferred or well-known manner. From the lower end of the back-strap depend divergent brace-straps 4. Interposed between and forming a connection for the lower ends of corresponding shoulder and brace straps is a substantially V-shaped web 5, as best indicated in Fig. 4: of the drawings.

.The upper end of each member of the V-shaped web is provided with a link 6, and the lower portions of the shoulder and brace straps are passed loosely through the respective links, so as to form loops, with the ends of the straps adjustably connected to the intermediate portions thereof by means of the respective slidebuckles 7 and 8, whereby the lengths of the straps may be conveniently adjusted. From the lower end of the web depends a suspenderend 9 for connection with. the waistband of a pair of trousers. Although the suspenderend has been shown as provided with a button 10, itwill of course be understood that it'may have a buttonhole or other suitable means for connection with a waistband without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

When the present device is in use, the upper portions of the shoulder-straps 1 fit over the shoulders. of the wearer in the common or ordinary manner, while the brace-straps 4L diverge downwardly across the back and beneath the arms and hold the lower ends of the shoulder-straps, with the suspendenends, at

It will thus be apparent that the trousers are suspended from two points only, which points are at the hips of the wearer, whereby the front and rear of the trousers are from the suspenders and do not drag upon the latter when the wearer stoops and bends backward. Furthermore, by the employment of the back-strap the upper ends of the shoulder-straps are connected well up between the shoulders of the wearer and are thereby prevented from slipping off the shoulders. brace-straps to the lower end of the backstrap the upper ends of said braces are brought well down, and the braces lie in the Again, by connecting the p vergent from the lower end of the back-strap.

and connected to the lower ends of the shoulder-straps.

2. A pair of suspenders,cornprising an upright back-strap, divergent shoulder-straps connected to the upper end of the back-strap, Suspender-ends connected. to the lower ends of the shoulder-straps, brace-straps divergent from thelower end of the back-strap and connected to the lower ends of the shoulderstraps, and slide buckles for the shoulderstraps and the brace-straps to adjust the same.

3. A pair of suspenders, comprising-an upright back-strap, divergent shoulder-straps connected to the upper end of the back-strap, brace-straps divergent from the lower end of the back-strap, substantially V-shaped webs constituting connections between the lower ends of respective shoulder and brace straps, links carried by the upper ends of the members of each web, the lower portions of the shoulder and brace straps being looped loosely through the respective links, adjustable slidebuckles for the looped portions of the straps, and Suspender-ends pendent from the webs.

RICHARD T. CLARKE.

In presence of A. L. PHELPS, W. L. MORROW. 

